EP1455508B1 - Power supply control of the TV function of a cell phone - Google Patents
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- EP1455508B1 EP1455508B1 EP04005137A EP04005137A EP1455508B1 EP 1455508 B1 EP1455508 B1 EP 1455508B1 EP 04005137 A EP04005137 A EP 04005137A EP 04005137 A EP04005137 A EP 04005137A EP 1455508 B1 EP1455508 B1 EP 1455508B1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/02—Power saving arrangements
- H04W52/0209—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices
- H04W52/0261—Power saving arrangements in terminal devices managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
- H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
- Y02D30/00—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
- Y02D30/70—Reducing energy consumption in communication networks in wireless communication networks
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- the present invention relates to cell phones (including Personal Handy-phone System terminals or personal digital assistants) which have the function of receiving a broadcast such as a television broadcast, and more particularly to functional control provided to the cell phone by detecting the useful power level of a battery incorporated therein.
- a broadcast such as a television broadcast
- Cell phones used only for making a call in the past, are now provided with additional functions to serve as an information terminal device, e.g., for transmitting and receiving E-mail or image information and for retrieving information over the Internet. They are expected to be further provided with an additional function as a television broadcast receiver in the future.
- the additional functions provided to the cell phone may cause the user to spend more time on it, e.g., viewing TV programs in addition to making telephone calls. While viewing a TV program, the user can be so absorbed as not to notice the battery power being dissipated to such an extent that the user cannot make a call thereafter as desired due to the lack of battery power.
- Document US 2001/0029196 Al describes a battery-powered mobile phone having additional functions.
- the battery-powered mobile phone includes additional functions other than a communication function.
- the operation of the additional functions is restricted to safe the battery capacity for the communication function when a residual battery capacity detected based on a terminal voltage degreases to a certain level.
- a warning indicating that the battery capacity has degreased to a certain level is given to the user when the additional functions are under operation. The user may terminate the operation of the additional functions to safe the battery capacity when the warning is given, or he may choose to continue the operation.
- the present invention was developed in view of the aforementioned problem. It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a cell phone and a program for controlling a battery thereof which ensure the battery to provide power at least for a necessary call by preventing the user from spending too much time viewing a broadcast such as TV programs to notice the battery power being dissipated to such an extent that the user cannot make a call thereafter as desired due to excessive battery power consumption.
- this object is achieved by a cell phone with the features of claim 1 or by a computer program product adapted to perform a method for controlling a broad cast receiving function of a cell phone with the features of claim 11.
- a computer program product adapted to perform a method for controlling a broadcast receiving function of a cell phone
- the cell phone has a radio communication transceiver/receiver unit which is adapted to transmit and receive speech or data by radio and a broadcast receiver which is adapted to receive broadcast waves such as of a TV broadcast
- the computer program products allowing the cell phone to surf as:
- Fig. 1 is a view illustrating the outer appearance of a cell phone 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the cell phone 10 includes an antenna 11, a speaker 12 for receiving a call, a display 13 such as an LCD, a set of various entry keys 14, a cursor control key 14a, numeral and character entry keys 14b, a TV viewing non-interrupt switch. 14c which instructs a TV broadcast to be continually viewed in a case of an alarm being provided for restricting (prohibiting) TV viewing while the TV broadcast is being viewed, a microphone 15 which sends a call, and a microphone/earphone jack 16.
- Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the functional structure of the cell phone 10.
- the cell phone 10 includes an radio communication transceiver/receiver unit 102 which transmits and receives speech and data by radio for telephone communications, a transceiver/receiver antenna 103 for the telephone communications, a broadcast receiver 104 which receives broadcast waves such as of a TV or radio broadcast to output a desired program for display, a broadcast receiver antenna 105, an input unit 106 which recognizes signals provided by pressing the set of various entry keys 14 for input, a display unit 107 which displays video information on the LCD 13, a telephone communication unit 108 made up of the speaker 12 which receives a call and the microphone 15 which transmits a call, a program storage unit 109 which stores various control programs such as a control program which provides prohibition control to the function of viewing a broadcast such as a TV broadcast in accordance with information on a useful battery power level, a broadcast audio output unit 110 which outputs audio information of a broadcast program via the speaker 12 or the earphone
- Fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a table containing the entries and entry information stored in the TV viewing entry information storage unit.
- the entries include the use of the battery A 113a and the battery B 113b (for a telephone communication use only, for a TV use only, or for either the telephone communication or TV use), the operating condition for the function of restricting the TV broadcast viewing in accordance with a useful battery power level upon viewing a TV broadcast (entry information: ON or OFF), the operating condition of a TV broadcast viewing restricting mode for setting the operating condition of the TV broadcast viewing restricting function when the useful battery power level has reached a predetermined voltage value (entry information: TV viewing prohibited (with an alarm) or TV viewing continued (only with a warning), and a useful battery power threshold level for setting the condition for the useful battery power level at which the TV broadcast viewing restricting function operates (entry information: useful battery power level (a useful power level of 90%, 70%, 50%, 30%, or 10%)).
- useful battery power level a useful power level of 90%, 70%, 50%, 30%
- Fig. 4 is a view illustrating an entry window for setting the conditions of restricting the TV broadcast viewing.
- step 1 or S1 the term “step” is denoted as “S” hereinafter as well as in the figure
- the process checks the information on the use of the internal batteries 113a, 113b (S2). If both the batteries are set only for the telephone communication use, the process displays that the use of the batteries has to be changed. If the information on the battery use shows that the batteries are set only or also for the TV use, the battery set for the TV use supplies power, thereby allowing a TV program image to appear on the display 13 (S4).
- the process monitors the useful power level of the battery assigned to the TV use (S6).
- the useful power level of the battery 113 for the TV use is checked; if both the batteries A 113a and B 113b are set for the TV use, the total useful power level of both the batteries is checked. If a sufficient useful battery power level is available (S7), the process allows the user to continue viewing the TV program (S13) that the user has been viewing, and continues monitoring the useful battery power level. If the useful battery power level has reached the preset level (S7), the process indicates a warning (S8).
- the process determines whether the TV viewing non-interrupt switch 14c has been depressed during the indication of the warning (S10). If the non-interrupt switch 14c has not been depressed, the process turns OFF the TV viewing function (S11).
- the process allows the warning to disappear and the useful battery power threshold level to be set to the next lower level (S12) (e.g., to be changed from the useful power level of 50% to 40%), thereafter monitoring continually the useful battery power level (S7).
- S12 next lower level
- the useful battery power threshold level is set to the next lower level to continue monitoring the useful battery power level (S6).
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JP (1) | JP3906169B2 (zh) |
KR (1) | KR101072141B1 (zh) |
CN (1) | CN1527632A (zh) |
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